Flanders Sky
Published on 5. December 2023
281 pages
978-1-5040-9023-0 (ISBN)
Description
The Edgar award-winning British crime writer's latest Inspector Castang mystery "takes the international policier to high ground... and does the genre proud" (
The New York Times).
For Detective Castang, being asked to serve as an aid to a British jurist feels more like being fired than promoted, but relocating to Brussels with his wife is a nice perk. When his employer is charged with murder, Castang's investigative skills are brought to the forefront once again. But the more he digs into the darkness, the more unsettled he becomes by the nature of evil, which appears to have no borders-and for which there is no true escape.
"An insightful look at the human condition. Freeling is a treasure." - Publishers Weekly
"One of the better Castang tales, journeying into the maze of European politics, national characteristics, and combustible emotion. Thought-provoking and well told." - Kirkus Reviews
For Detective Castang, being asked to serve as an aid to a British jurist feels more like being fired than promoted, but relocating to Brussels with his wife is a nice perk. When his employer is charged with murder, Castang's investigative skills are brought to the forefront once again. But the more he digs into the darkness, the more unsettled he becomes by the nature of evil, which appears to have no borders-and for which there is no true escape.
"An insightful look at the human condition. Freeling is a treasure." - Publishers Weekly
"One of the better Castang tales, journeying into the maze of European politics, national characteristics, and combustible emotion. Thought-provoking and well told." - Kirkus Reviews
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Nicolas Freeling (1927-2003) was a British crime novelist best known for the Van Der Valk detective series. After serving in the military and working as a hotel and restaurant cook throughout Europe, he began writing his first novel,
Love in Amsterdam. Freeling's novel
King of the Rainy Country received the Edgar Allan Poe Award from the Mystery Writers of America. Among his other literary awards are the Gold Dagger from the British Crime Writers Association and France's Grand Prix de Roman Policier.
